Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"But do they really turn out the contents of the trunks, and take away people's daguerreotypes, and burn their books?" "Nothing of the kind, ma'am. I apprehend no difficulty. I never had any. There are a few articles on which duty is charged. I have a case of cigars, for instance; I shall show them to the custom house officer, and pay the duty. If a person seems disposed to be fair, there is no difficulty. The examination of ladies' trunks is merely nominal; nothing is deranged." So it proved. We arrived on Sunday morning; the custom house officers, very gentlemanly men, came on board; our luggage was all set out, and passed through a rapid examination, which in many cases amounted only to opening the trunk and shutting it, and all was over. The whole ceremony did not occupy two hours. So ends this letter. You shall hear further how we landed at some future time. LETTER II. DEAR FATHER:-- It was on Sunday morning that we first came in sight of land. The day was one of a thousand--clear, calm, and bright. It is one of those |
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